Spontaneous Emergence, Imitation and Spread of Alternative Foraging Techniques among Groups of Vervet Monkeys

Erica van de Waal; Andrew Whiten

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0047008

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Spontaneous Emergence, Imitation and Spread of Alternative Foraging Techniques among Groups of Vervet Monkeys

Erica van de Waal,

Affiliations Centre for Social Learning and Cognitive Evolution, and Scottish Primate Research Group, University of St Andrews, School of Psychology, St Andrews, United Kingdom, Inkawu Vervet Project, Mawana Game Reserve, Swart Mfolozi, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
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Andrew Whiten

* E-mail: aw2@st-andrews.ac.uk

Affiliations Centre for Social Learning and Cognitive Evolution, and Scottish Primate Research Group, University of St Andrews, School of Psychology, St Andrews, United Kingdom, Inkawu Vervet Project, Mawana Game Reserve, Swart Mfolozi, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
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Spontaneous Emergence, Imitation and Spread of Alternative Foraging Techniques among Groups of Vervet Monkeys

Erica van de Waal,
Andrew Whiten

Published: October 10, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0047008

About the Authors

Erica van de Waal

Affiliations Centre for Social Learning and Cognitive Evolution, and Scottish Primate Research Group, University of St Andrews, School of Psychology, St Andrews, United Kingdom, Inkawu Vervet Project, Mawana Game Reserve, Swart Mfolozi, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Andrew Whiten

* E-mail: aw2@st-andrews.ac.uk

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EW AW. Performed the experiments: EW. Analyzed the data: EW AW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EW AW. Wrote the paper: EW AW.

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